We propose a model for analyzing dynamic pairs trading strategies using the stochastic control approach. The model is explored in an optimal portfolio setting, where the portfolio consists of a bank account and two co-integrated stocks and the objective is to maximize for a fixed time horizon,...

In an incomplete market, with incompleteness stemming from stochas- tic factors imperfectly correlated with the underlying stocks, we derive representations of homothetic (power, exponential and logarithmic) for- ward performance processes in factor-form using ergodic BSDE. We also develop a...

We study the Merton portfolio optimization problem in the presence of stochastic volatility using asymptotic approximations when the volatility process is characterized by its time scales of fluctuation. This approach is tractable because it treats the incomplete markets problem as a...